Georgia area occupational trends: WIA area #5 - DeKalb County, projections to 2010

Occupations with Most Annual Openings

Cashiers Retail Salespersons Laborers & Freight, Stock, & Material Movers, Hand Child Care Workers Waiters & Waitresses Comb. Food Prep. & Serving Workers, Incl. Fast Food Elementary School Teachers, Ex. Spec. Ed. Stock Clerks & Order Fillers Customer Service Representatives Teacher Assistants Truck Drivers, Light or Delivery Services
Registered Nurses General & Operations Managers
Office Clerks, General Computer Support Specialists

460 460 320 270 270 260 220 220 210 210 180 170 160 160 150

Most of the job openings in this list will result from the need to replace workers who change jobs rather than from new job creation.
Two of these jobs are in the healthcare industry or are computer-related.
Eleven require short-term on-the-job training of one month or less.
Although these occupations have many projected annual openings, more than half of them pay less than average wages.

Occupations with Largest Declines

-470 -400

-320 -270 -270

-190 -180 -150 -140 -120 -120 -110 -110 -110 -110

Sales Reps., Wholesale & Manuf., Ex. Tech. & Scientific Products Insurance Claims & Policy Processing Clerks Secretaries, Except Legal, Medical, & Executive Cooks, Fast Food Maids & Housekeeping Cleaners Order Clerks Dishw ashers Sw itchboard Operators, Incl. Answ ering Service Maintenance & Repair Workers, General Computer Operators Prepress Technicians & Workers Industrial Truck & Tractor Operators Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, & Weighers Parts Salespersons Suprvsrs. of Production & Operating Workers

The occupations in this list are declining due to many factors, including technological advances, office automation and foreign competition.
One of these jobs is found in the telephone communications industry and one is a clerical job with increasingly automated duties.
One is in the printing and publishing industry and is the result of conversion to desktop publishing technology.
One is in information technology and is the result of switching from mainframe computers to personal computers.

Georgia Area
Occupational Trends
Projections to 2010
WIA Area #5 DeKalb County
Workforce Information & Analysis Division Georgia Department of Labor Michael L. Thurmond Commissioner

Total employment in WIA Area #5 is expected to reach almost 387,000 jobs by the year 2010, with more than 3,600 new jobs added each year. The area's economy is currently lagging behind both the state's and the nation's economy. County job growth is expected to be 1.0 percent per year, while the state's job growth is expected to be 1.8 percent per year and the nation is expected to have annual job growth of 1.4 percent.
Area Highlights
This area is home to the Centers for Disease Control, Stone Mountain Park, an automobile manufacturer, a large communications provider, several colleges and universities, and a substantial number of hospitals.
Key industries are health services, higher education, federal government employment, tourism, communications, and transportation equipment manufacturing.
The area experienced a 21.5 percent population growth rate from 1990 to 2000 compared to Georgia's population growth rate of 25.8 percent over the same period.
The area experienced a 82.7 percent gain in total personal income over the 10 year period 1990 to 2000, while the state saw a 98.2 percent increase.
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Fastest Growing Occupations

Preschool Teachers, Ex. Spec. Ed. Computer Support Specialists Teacher Assistants Child Care Workers
Truck Drivers, Light or Delivery Services Secondary School Teachers, Ex. Spec. & Voc. Ed.
Customer Service Representatives Elementary School Teachers, Ex. Spec. Ed.
Registered Nurses Security Guards
Laborers & Freight, Stock, & Material Movers, Hand Comb. Food Prep. & Serving Workers, Incl. Fast Food
Suprvsrs. of Retail Sales Workers Cashiers
Suprvsrs. of Office and Admin. Support Workers Office Clerks, General

3.3% 3.3% 3.1% 2.5% 2.0% 2.0% 1.3% 1.3% 1.1% 1.1% 0.9% 0.9% 0.8% 0.8%

5.6% 5.5%

Occupations with Largest Job Growth

Customer Service Representatives Child Care Workers
Computer Support Specialists Teacher Assistants
Truck Drivers, Light or Delivery Services Elementary School Teachers, Ex. Spec. Ed.
Preschool Teachers, Ex. Spec. Ed. Computer Softw are Engineers, Applications Laborers & Freight, Stock, & Material Movers, Hand
Cashiers Registered Nurses Netw ork & Computer Systems Administrators Secondary School Teachers, Ex. Spec. & Voc. Ed. Retail Salespersons Home Health Aides

1,520 1,460 1,410 1,360 1,280 1,060 990 850 840 770 720 600 590 550 540

These fast-growing occupations will have better employment prospects than occupations with slow or declining employment. Also, conditions will be more favorable for mobility and advancement.
Four of the fastest growing occupations are in the K-12 education services field, a fast-growing industry in DeKalb County.
Two are found mainly in health services or are computerrelated.
Nine require only short-term on-the-job training of one month or less.

These 15 occupations out of more than 700 - are projected to add more than 14,500 jobs over the next 10 years, more than 40 percent of all projected job growth in this area.
Eight occupations require short-term on-the-job training of one month or less and five require a bachelor's degree.
Eleven of these occupations also appear in the chart of the fastest growing occupations.

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